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coalition
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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun coalition has 3 senses
- coalition(n = noun.group) alignment, alinement, alliance - an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty; Array has particulars: combination, allies, axis, bloc, allies, central powers, allies, axis, entente, entente cordiale, popular front, global organization, international organisation, international organization, world organisation, world organization, northern alliance, united front
- coalition(n = noun.state) fusion - the state of being combined into one body; Array is a kind of unification, union
- coalition(n = noun.act) coalescence, coalescency, concretion, conglutination - the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts; Array is a kind of conjugation, jointure, unification, union, uniting
is a kind of organisation, organization
has particulars: alliance, confederation, federalisation, federalization
Derived form verb coalesce1
Derived forms verb coalesce1, verb coalesce2
CIDE DICTIONARY
coalition, n. [LL. coalitio: cf. F. coalition. See Coalesce.].
- The act of coalescing; union into a body or mass, as of separate bodies or parts; as, a coalition of atoms. Bentley. [1913 Webster]
- A combination, for temporary purposes, of persons, parties, or states, having different interests. [1913 Webster]"A coalition of the puritan and the blackleg." [1913 Webster]"The coalition between the religious and worldly enemies of popery."
Syn. -- Alliance; confederation; confederacy; league; combination; conjunction; conspiracy; union.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
coalition, n.
1 Polit. a temporary alliance for combined action, esp. of distinct parties forming a government, or of States.
2 fusion into one whole.
1 Polit. a temporary alliance for combined action, esp. of distinct parties forming a government, or of States.
2 fusion into one whole.
Derivative
coalitionist n.
Etymology
med.L coalitio (as COALESCE)
THESAURUS
coalition
Anschluss, Bund, Rochdale cooperative, addition, affiliation, agglomeration, aggregation, agreement, alignment, alliance, amalgamation, anschluss, assemblage, assimilation, association, axis, band, blend, blending, bloc, body, cabal, cahoots, cartel, centralization, coadunation, coalescence, colleagueship, college, collegialism, collegiality, combination, combine, combo, common market, communist front, composition, comradeship, confederacy, confederation, confraternity, congeries, conglomeration, conjugation, conjunction, consolidation, conspiracy, consumer cooperative, cooperative, cooperative society, copartnership, copartnery, corps, council, credit union, customs union, economic community, ecumenism, embodiment, encompassment, enosis, faction, federalization, federation, fellowship, fraternalism, fraternity, fraternization, free trade area, freemasonry, front, fusion, gang, grass-roots movement, ground swell, group, grouping, hookup, inclusion, incorporation, integration, junction, junta, league, machine, marriage, meld, melding, mergence, merger, merging, mob, movement, package, package deal, partnership, party, political front, political machine, popular front, ring, society, sodality, solidification, sorority, syncretism, syndication, syneresis, synthesis, tie-in, tie-up, unification, union, weddingROGET THESAURUS
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Cooperation
N cooperation, coadjuvancy, coadjutancy, coagency, coefficiency, concert, concurrence, complicity, participation, union, additivity, combination, collusion, association, alliance, colleagueship, joint stock, copartnership, cartel, confederation, coalition, fusion, a long pull a strong pull and a pull all together, logrolling, freemasonry, unanimity, esprit de corps, party spirit, clanship, partisanship, concord, synergy, coaction, cooperating, in cooperation, in league, coadjuvant, coadjutant, dyed in the wool, cooperative, additive, participative, coactive, synergetic, synergistic, favorable to, unopposed, as one, shoulder to shoulder, synergistically, cooperatively, due teste valgono piu che una sola.Party
N party, faction, side, denomination, communion, set, crew, band, horde, posse, phalanx, family, clan, team, tong, council, community, body, fellowship, sodality, solidarity, confraternity, familistere, familistery, brotherhood, sisterhood, knot, gang, clique, ring, circle, group, crowd, in-crowd, coterie, club, casino, machine, Tammany, Tammany Hall, corporation, corporate body, guild, establishment, company, copartnership, partnership, firm, house, joint concern, joint-stock company, cahoot, combine, trust, society, association, institute, institution, union, trades union, league, syndicate, alliance, Verein, Bund, Zollverein, combination, Turnverein, league offensive and defensive, alliance offensive and defensive, coalition, federation, confederation, confederacy, junto, cabal, camarilla, camorra, brigue, freemasonry, party spirit, Confederates, Conservatives, Democrats, Federalists, Federals, Freemason, Knight Templar, Kuklux, Kuklux Klan, KKK, Liberals, Luddites, Republicans, Socialists, Tories, Whigs staff, dramatis personae, in league, in partnership, in alliance, bonded together, banded together, linked, joined together, embattled, confederated, federative, joint, hand in hand, side by side, shoulder to shoulder, en masse, in the same boat.
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